Improvement in cultivators



R. WOTTRING.

Cultivator. No. 101,695. Patented April 5, 1870.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

REUBEN WOTTRING, OF PROSPECT, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IIN CULTIVATORS.

specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l 0| .695, dated April 5,1870.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, REUBEN WOTTEING, ol Prospect, in the county of Marion and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oultivators; and l do hereby 'declare that the following is a full, clear, and

A and A represent the side pieces of my cul-V tivator, and B and O the cross-bars which bind the side pieces together. The side pieces, A and A, incline inwardly from their point ot' attachment to cross-bar B, and are separated at their rea-r end sufficiently far to 'enable the two shovels d and c to plow two rows at the same time. The orossbars B and C are both elevated to a suitable distance above the side pieces, A and A, by means of blocks, through which iron bolts pass to bind them firmly to side pieces, A and A. Two metal rods, gg, are 'secured to the outer ends of bar B by means of the same bolts that secure the said bar to the side pieces. The rods g g intersect each other, and are secured to bar C with the same screw-bolts that pass through said bar and through side pieces, A A. The ends ot' rods g gare flattened at their point of rest on bar O and have several perforations,which correspond to the same number of holes through bar C. By this arrangement the rear end of side pieces, A A, can be adapted to the distance of the corn-rows apart. Two metal rods, m and n, are confined by staples entering the inner surface of side pieces, A A. The opposite ends ot' said rods are hooked into a link,f, which is secured to the under side of cross-bar B at its center. To the outer end ofj'the horses will be attached in the usual manner.

S S designate the handles, the frontv ends of which are fastened to the upper surface ot' bar B. Near their rear ends the said handles are supported by means ot' a rod which passes through an upright, lo, the said upright being mortised into the cross-bar O.

My oultivator is furnished with two shovels on each side piece, one shovel, d, near the rear end, and another,ye, near the middle of each side piece. A greater number can be used, if required. Iuaddition tothe shovels each side piece is furnished with barrow-teeth t, placed at the usual distance apart.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

l. The side pieces, A A, in combination with cross-bars B and O and intersecting rods g g, when constructed and arranged as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The-side pieces, A A, cross-bars B and C, rods g g, hinged rods m n, linkf, teeth t i, and shovels e e, all combined and arranged as and for the purpose described.

' In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

REUBEN WOTTRING. Witnesses:

SYLvEsTER LATIMER, FREDK. M. JOY. 

